Field of fire: Suspected drug dealer’s clash ends in fatal shot in northern Thailand

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A suspected drug dealer was fatally shot after a gunfight in a secluded rice field in the Amnat Charoen Province, Thailand. Having previously fled law enforcement, the 36 year old man was discovered in his hideout yesterday.

 

A local police officer, Natthawut Kampan, and his team from the Hua Taphan Police Station received a tip about a wanted criminal hiding in a Kud Sauy village rice field. Following this, officials were dispatched to the mentioned location. They encountered Pairoj’s lifeless body, who for the past month had been hiding at number 44, Kud Sauy village. His abode was used as a charcoal-making facility.

 

Examination of the scene revealed a number of incriminating items. Nearby Pairoj’s body, a pistol and a fragmentation bomb were seized. A round of 9mm shells was also found close to him. Inside his accommodation, authorities recovered a cache of 400 methamphetamine pills, along with a substantial number of bullets, and drug paraphernalia, reported KhaoSod.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Picture courtesy of SuperSafetyThailand

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/notorious-drug-dealer-dies-in-shoot-out-with-thai-police-in-a-secluded-rice-field

 

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[wombat]

why do I sense more holes in this story than Swiss cheese?

[hotchilli]

No great loss to society.

[RichardColeman]

Maybe he could not run away fast enough due to a butt filled with Yabba ? 

[steven100]

so who fatally shot him?  what happened?  there is no details,  the headline says he was shot.